Roger James Peter Kain, (born 12 November 1944) is a British

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and academic, who specialises in the history of maps. From 2010 to 2017 he was the Dean and Chief Executive of the

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of the

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. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990."Kain, Prof. Roger James Peter"
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Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the British Academy Alumni of the University of London Academics of the University of London Historians of cartography 1944 births Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{England-historian-stub